Obi200 hack?

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GPz1100:
Agreed.  I get these on the cell phone periodically.  Not enough to install a call blocking app yet.  I don't know of anyone with a matching first 6 digits to my gv #.  When such calls do come into the cell I just reject them.  It would be nice if GV offered more customization to call filtering.  In fact, even their spam filter still allows spam through - callcentric blocks many calls that fall through gv's filtering cracks.

RedRadish:
found this on google:

Your number has been spoofed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID_spoofing

It isn't Google that failed, it is the Caller ID service that has been compromised illegally by the person that is spoofing your number.

Google doesn't own or operate the Caller ID service

The Caller ID service, however, is susceptible to fraud.  Using a practice known as "caller ID spoofing," callers can deliberately falsify the telephone number and/or name relayed as the Caller ID information to disguise the identity of the calling party.

There is nothing Google can do because this isn’t a problem caused by the network or the phone.

Spoofing is a crime as it violates the 2010 Truth In Caller ID Act. You can try to track down the source yourself, but it’s an intense task and usually doesn’t lead to enough information to get police involved.
More information on stopping and reporting “spoofing” is available at http://www.fcc.gov/guides/caller-id-and-spoofing

RedRadish:
I reported it to FCC. See what that does. Probably not much...

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